Dislocated versus local business service expertise and knowledge: The acquisition of external management consultancy expertise by small and medium-sized enterprises in Norway

Geoforum

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 525-539

  Rusten, Grete ^a   Bryson, John R ^b   Gammelsæter, Hallgeir ^c  

^a Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Business services; Dislocated expertise; Management consultants; Norway; SMEs; Social closeness

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; KNOWLEDGE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 23644435980     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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